Re: No # for Untouched Talent at DMR? (562 Views)
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nicely nicely (IP Logged)
Date: August 05, 2006 07:23PM
What you are suggesting is logical, and similar to what we do in cases where we do assign a figure but mark the race for review. However, with early 2YOs you'd expect to see development more than consistency. You'd need overwhelming evidence to retroactively make a figure for a maiden, especially where much of the field ran poorly.
Let's say, for whatever reason, we couldn't make a figure, or assign a 'reviewable' figure for a March 3YO turf race. A couple of months later, after 3-4 more starts for much of the field, there's probably more than enough evidence to go back and 'finalize' that figure.
JB may want to elaborate, amend, or emend my comments and explain things in his own words, but that'll have to wait for early next week.